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Arthur Herbert Charlton (29 December 1876 – 24 October 1956) was an English amateur football half back who played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.[2]^{[failed verification]}[3][4] He is best remembered for his six years in amateur football with Brentford during the 1890s,[4] captaining the team and being described as "probably the club's first great player".[5][6] He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.[7]

Arthur Charlton

Charlton while with Brentford in 1894.
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Herbert Charlton[1]
Date of birth	29 December 1876
Place of birth	Paisley, Scotland
Date of death	24 October 1956(1956-10-24) (aged 79)
Place of death	Ealing, England[2][failed verification]
Position(s)	Half back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1892–1898	Brentford	19	(1)
1898	Nottingham Forest	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Charlton left Brentford to complete an apprenticeship in soap making.[5] He later returned to West London served as head of the Brentford Chamber of Commerce from 1932 to 1933 and as mayor of Brentford & Chiswick in 1951.[1][5] He was also a county councillor, an alderman and chairman and managing director of the Brentford Soap Company.[1] He was made a freeman of the borough in 1954.[1]

Honours

Brentford

• West London Alliance: 1892–93[4]
• West Middlesex Cup: 1894–95[4]
• London League Second Division second-place promotion: 1896–97[4]
• London League First Division second-place promotion: 1897–98[4]
• London Senior Cup: 1897–98[4]
• Middlesex Senior Cup: 1897–98[4]

Individual

• Brentford Hall of Fame[7]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1896–97[4]	London League Second Division	7	1	—		9[lower-alpha 1]	6	16	7
	1897–98[4]	London League First Division	9	0	2	0	10[lower-alpha 2]	1	21	1
	1898–99[4]	Southern League Second Division	3	0	—		0	0	3	0
	Total		19	1	2	0	19	7	40	8
Nottingham Forest	1898–99[8]	First Division	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
Career total			22	1	2	0	19	7	43	8

References

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